Bishop Vesey's Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Apr 30 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Birmingham
Unique reference
137988
Address
Lichfield Road, B74 2NH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1379 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
91.8%
Girls
8.2%
First language not English
26%
Free school meals (FSM)
9.9%
Persistent absence
5.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 33.8%
Indian 23.6%
Pakistani 11.1%
Mixed 10.2%
African 5.1%
Chinese 4.4%
Other 3%
Bangladeshi 2.9%
Other White 2.2%
Other Asian 1.5%
Unclassified 1.1%
Caribbean 0.9%
Irish 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.73
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 93%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 99%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 75.2
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 7.28
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)32
Art & DesignGCSE22
BiologyGCSE155
ChemistryGCSE155
ChineseGCSE29
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE68
Design & TechnologyGCSE35
EconomicsGCSE88
English LanguageGCSE159
English LiteratureGCSE159
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Bishop Vesey's Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
189
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
340
2nd preference
248
3rd preference
213
From another Local Authority
363
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
149
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
17
To another Local Authority
66
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
192
192
0
Year 8
192
192
0
Year 9
192
192
0
Year 10
192
192
0
Year 11
191
191
0
Year 12
213
161
52
Year 13
207
146
61
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
99.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
4.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
93.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
14.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
5.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
91.0%
73.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
64.0%
21.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
62.0%
20.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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